Frocess of making filled candy



June 16, 1925.

W. B. LASKEY PROCESS OF MAKING FILLED CANDY Fiied April 23. 1924 ATTys.

Patented June 16, 1925.e

. UNITED STATES WILLIAM B. LASKEY, OFQBBOO/KLYN, NEW YORK.

PROCESS F MAKING FILLED CANDY.

Application med April 28, 1924i. Serial No. 708,848.

-meant candy in tubular form with the interior of the tube) filled with some filling material such for instance as peanut butter. My improved process consists in first i forming a continuous stripY or sheet'of candy material and then layingthereon a stri of fllin material and then progressively olding the strip about the filling material into tubular form.n The'preferred way of practising theinvention-is to formv the strip continuously and to continuously lay the filling material thereon as fast as the strip is formed and thenA to progressively fold the edges of the strip about the filling material to form a tube of continuous length.

The continuous strip may be formedin any suitable way without` departing from the invention. form it by the extruding process, that is by extrudingcandy material in the formA of a strip from an extruding machine. Also the filling material may be applied to the strip in any conven1ent way and the folding of the strip into tubular form may also be done by any appropriate means.

In order to give an understanding of my invention I have illustrated in the'drawings more or less diagrammatically an apparatus by which the improved process may be carried out but I desire to state that the particular apparatus herein shown is not essen-4 tial to the invention. f

Fig. 1 isa plan view partly in section of a device by which my process may be carried out;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows the candy material after it is completed;

Fig. 4 is aview of the extruding die;

` Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 1;v

Fig. 6 shows a different form of extruding Vdie which may be used in practising the invention. p

In practlsing the invention a continuous B. Lasxnr,

One convenient way is to piece of candy such as shown in Fig. 3

filled with the filling material 2.'

e e a Merely as lllustratmg one way 1n which this strip 1 ma4 be formed I'have shown herein an extru ing machine comprising an extruding die`4 through which the candy material 5 is extruded. This die will have a slot 6 therein through which the candy material is* extruded in the form of a continuousst'rip or web.`

The die 4 isv hown as forming the end of a cylinder? in which the candy material 5 is received and 8 :indicates a plunger or piston which applies the pressure to the candy materialnecessaryto force it throu h the slot 6. This slot 6 may have any esir`ed shape so long as it forms a strip 1. In the drawings the slot is shown as curved so that the strip 1 which is delivered from the extruding dle will have a trough shape. The strip, however, may be formed perfectly flat or in some other shape without departing from the invention.

Immediately after the stri 1 is formed and while it is still soft the lling materialv 2 is applied. This is herein shown as bein accomplished by means of a. nozzle 9 throug which the filling material vmay be forced. This nozzle 9 is illustrated as connected to va container 10 into which the lling mate- The strip is continuously drawn past the nozzle 9so that a continuous line or layer of filling material will be laid on the strip and after it leaves the nozzle the edges 3 are foldedl together to complete the tubular formation. This folding is herein shown as accomplished by means of folding or tubeforming wheels 13 which have concave peripheries 14 and which are so disposed that as thestrip passes between them the edges 3 will be pressed together thus forming a tubular piece of candy. The candy material is still soft and tacky while it asses throu h the folding wheels and, there ore, when t e edges 3 have been brought together they 4 it can be readily broken at the indented' willz adhere to each other thus making a" which by their engagement with the tubular candy serve to feed 1t forwardly and at the same time indent it so that when it is hard points. If it is desired to pull the candy the pulling chains will be operated at a surface speed considerably greater than that at which the candy matenal is extruded so that the tubular candy will be subjected to a pulling action between thefoldlng rolls and the pulling chains.

The folding rolls and pulling chains are shown as mounted in a table or support 18. The folding-l rolls are geared together, the shafts 19 t ereof being rovide with intermeshing gears 20. T e pullin `chains are also geared to ther so'that t ey will operate. in unison, t e shafts 21 vat the rightv hand end of the chains having intermeshmg gears 22 thereon. The ears 20 and 22 may be driven by any suitab e means. t

In Fig. 6 I have shown a different way of practising the invention in which the cand strip is made in two parts between whic the' illing material is inserted and which are then brought into juxtaposition and roperly shaped to form the candy tube. In the structure shown in Fig. 6 the extruding die would have'two semi-circular oppositely-dis osed slots so that the candy material wou d be extruded therefrom in two sections 23, 24 each having a trough 'l shape. The filling material may be ina strip ofV candy material, applying contmuously filling material to the strip, and then progressive] vfolding the strip into tubular shape an while in order to give an understanding of the invention I have illustrated more or less diagrammaticall an apparatus by which it may be carrie out yet I do not wish to be limited to the use of an particular apparatus.

I c aim.

1. The process of making filled candy which consists in forming a continuous strip of candy material, applying lilling material continuousl to said strip, and then rogressively olding the strip with the ing material thereon into tubular shape.

2. The process of making filled candy which consists in forming a continuous stri of candy material, applying filling materia continuously to said strip, and then progressi'vely folding the e ges of the strip about the lling' material into tubular shape.

3. The process of making filled 4 candy which consists in forming a continuous trough-shaped strip of candy, placing filling material continuously in said trough-sha ed strip as fast as it is formed and then folding the edges of the strip together. y

In testimony whereof, I have signed my vname to this specification.

WILLIAM B. LASKEY. 

